Alfred the Great
Subtitle: containing chapters on his life and times
By: by Frederic Harrison [and others] Also containing an introd. by Sir Walter Besant and a poem by the Poet Laureate. Edited, with pref., by Alfred Bowker.
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Alfred, King of England, 849-899.; Anglo-Saxons -- Biography.; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899.
Notes: Reprint of the 1899 ed.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The spotless king, by A. Austin.; title: Introduction, by Sir W. Besant.; title: Alfred as king, by F. Harrison.; title: Alfred as a religious man and an educationalist, by the Bishop of Bristol [G. F. Browne]; title: Alfred as a warrior, by C. Oman.; title: Alfred as a geographer, by Sir C. Markham.; title: Alfred as a writer, by J. Earle.; title: English law before the Norman conquest, by Sir F. Pollock.; title: Alfred and the arts, by W. J. Loftie.